‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ to Be<br />Removed From YouTube After Being<br />Sold as NFT For $760,000.<br />The famed clip of a toddler munching on his brother’s<br />finger, ‘Charlie Bit My Finger,’ is being pulled from YouTube. .<br />Since being posted 14 years ago, the clip has<br />garnered over 880 million views, making it the<br />most viewed viral video of all time.<br />‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ is now being removed from the<br />platform because it was recently auctioned off as an NFT.<br />After an hours-long bidding war, an anonymous bidder<br />ended up paying $760,999 for the 55-second clip. .<br />They also won the chance to “create their own parody of<br />the video featuring the original stars, Harry and Charlie.”.<br />In a statement, the family behind the clip,<br />the Davies-Carr Family, said this was not the end,<br />but a “new beginning” for the famous clip.<br />I have moved to engaging with Fans<br />through NFT. We helped YouTube grow<br />and embraced it early. We are now moving<br />onto the next exciting thing, Davies-Carr Family, via YouTube.<br />The family told CBS that they plan to use the<br />cash from the auction to send Harry, the older brother<br />in the clip, to university with “a nice place to stay.”
